It would also give a level of legislative oversight to Walker's ability to sell public power plants.

Upon his return to Denmark, he worked 23 years at the Esbjerg public power plant.

Building public power plants will help California "regain control of its own energy destiny," Angelides said.

That same year, Kucinich refused to sell Municipal Light, Cleveland's public power plant, to private interests that stood to financially gain from the purchase.

As a result of the new law, there was substantial private investment which, together with the public power plants that started production in the 1990s, transformed a situation of power shortage and low quality into one of abundance and reliability at lower prices.

We have it from an unimpeachable source," wrote a radical newspaper, "that Cortlandt was only the first step in a gigantic plot to blow up every housing project, every public power plant, post office and schoolhouse in the U.S.A.

Republican-backed changes to the bill would extend a grievance procedure to public workers who don't have one and require more oversight and put a deadline on changes Walker's administration can make to the Medicaid program and the sale of public power plants.

By Jim Sanders Bee Capitol Bureau (Published May 17, 2001) Arming itself for battle, California took steps Wednesday that could lead to construction of public power plants, seizure of private ones and creation of a buyers cartel that would opt for additional blackouts rather than pay exorbitant prices.